Author Archives: Wormington & Bollinger

Earlier this month, we learned about a disturbing Medicaid case that made national headlines. While many resent Medicaid and view it as a program that allows low-income families to ‘abuse the system’ and have children ‘they can’t afford,’ it is often a matter of life or death. Take the case of young Calliope diagnosed withContinue reading “Medicaid Creates Roadblock for Sick Patients”

Earlier this week, Seattle Children’s Hospital announced they were shutting down their operating rooms and several procedural areas due to mold. Unfortunately, this isn’t an isolated case. Back in May of this year, the highly-reputable children’s hospital shut down numerous operating rooms following the death of a patient from a mold infection. The investigative teamContinue reading “Mold Shuts Down Seattle Children’s Hospital Operating Rooms”

Several new Pennsylvania parents awoke to their worst nightmare in September – their newborn infant died as the result of infected breast milk. In the story that is making headlines, parents learned from Pennsylvania hospital staff that their newborn babies were exposed to bacteria that spread while preparing donor breast milk. Geisinger Medical Center inContinue reading “Deaths of Three Infants Linked to Infected Breast Milk”

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of a batch of Xanax (alprazolam) tablets due to “the potential presence of a foreign substance.” The announcement came after the company learned a batch of the popular prescription anti-anxiety medication may include a foreign material, which could cause infection. Although the risk of infection is quiteContinue reading “Mylan Pharmaceuticals Pulls Xanax Tablets from Shelves”

Last week, Viatrexx Bio became the latest company to issue a voluntary recall of their sterile injectables due to “a lack of sterility assurance.” On October 15, 2019, Viatrexx Bio Incorporated in Neward, Delaware, announced they would be recalling 10 mL sterile injectable vials of at least 20 different products. This decision came after theContinue reading “Viatrexx Bio Issues Voluntary Recall of Injectables”

Last week, the nonprofit newsroom, ProPublica, published an investigative report they’d conducted on medical debt collection corruption in Coffeyville, Kansas. In the story, readers learned that the state’s poor, sick people are being arrested and sent to jail when they cannot pay their medical debts. One of the most shocking details to come out ofContinue reading “The Kansas Town Where Medical Debt Collectors Are in Charge of Arrests”

There are a seemingly endless number of products and services on the market today that claim to provide patients with a myriad of desired results. From younger-looking skin to energy, many of the clinics offering these services are doing more harm than good. Take, for example, the Nederland, Texas, clinic Optimum Wellness. Like other similarContinue reading “Hormone Therapy the Latest Trend Putting Patients in Danger”